XVI INTRODUCTION 



supercrescences productions or excretions may bee 



obserued in England. 



Viscum — polypodium — Juli pilulse — 



Gemmoe f oraminatse (f ormicatse ?) foliorii — 



excrementum fungosum verticibus scatens — 



excrementum Lanatum — 



Capitula squamosa jacaeae aemula. 



Nodi — melleus Liquor — Tubera radicum 



vermibus scatentia — Muscus — Lichen — 



Fungus — varaB queringe." 



In the volume the Rev. E. N. Bloomfield, M.A., of 

 Guestling Rectory, Sussex, suggests the following 

 explanatory notes : 



" 1. Viscum, is doubtless the Mistletoe. 



" 2. Polypodium, the Common Polypody Fern. 



" 3. Juli pilulfe, ' little l)alls on the flower catkins,' 

 the Currant Gall {Neuroterus baccarum, which is the 

 spring form of X. lenticularis, Oliv.). 



" 4. Gemmae foraminatae (formicatae ?) foliorum, 

 ' pimple-like buds on the leaves.' Leaf-galls such as 

 the Silky Button, N. nnmismatis, Oliv., and the 

 common Spangle, N. lenticularis, Oliv. 



" 5. Excrementum fungosum verticibus scatens, ' a 

 S])ongy secretion bursting out from the ends of shoots.' 

 The Oak Apple, Biorhiza terminalis, Fab. 



" 6. Excrementum lanatum, the Woolly Gall, 

 Andriciis ranudi, L., a somewhat rare gall, resembling 

 a ball of cotton wool. 



" 7. Capitula squamosa jacaeae aemula, ' little scaley 

 (or imbricated) heads resembling the heads of Jacea ' 

 (Black Knapweed). The Artichoke Gall, Andricus 

 feciindatrir, Htg. 



" 8. Nodi, probably swellings of any sort, whether 

 caused by insects or not. 



" 9. Malleus liquor, honey-dew, a secretion of 

 Aphides. 



" 10. Tubera radicum vermibus scatentia, ' swollen 

 tubers on the roots containing grubs ' ; without doubt 

 the Root-gall, Andricus radicis, Fab. Polythalamous 



